Conference Carolinas Announces Mentorship Pairings

10/6/2023 4:00:00 PM

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Assistant Commissioner/SWA Jill Robbins announced the mentorship pairings for the 2023-24 Conference Carolinas Mentor Program.

This program is for junior, senior or graduate students who are interested in advancing their career development through a one-on-one mentoring relationship with a campus administrator or coach from another Conference Carolinas member institution. Campus administrators and coaches will be selected based on the student-athletes’ interest.

New this season, applicants chose to follow a sport administration path or a coaching path for those who would like to pursue a career in coaching.

The program requires attendance in a mandatory orientation session, six monthly conference calls between the mentor and mentee (September-April), six monthly conference calls with a mentee cohort (September-April) and one shadow day with the mentor.

Individuals who applied and were selected for the mentorship program and their mentors are listed below.

Mentor	Mentee
Shannon Corbett, Belmont Abbey Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations/SWA	Taylor Goldfuss, Converse
Anna Claire Knight, Young Harris Senior Associate AD for Compliance/SWA	Savannah Cannon, Erskine
Craig McPhail, Less-McRae Vice President for Athletics & Club Sports	Belle Hardwick, Young Harris
Mark Peeler, Erskine Director of Athletics/Men’s Basketball Head Coach	Albert Bryce Catahan, Belmont Abbey
Ryan Booher, King Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Head Coach	Jacob Dodson, Belmont Abbey
Dustin Fuls, North Greenville Associate Athletic Director of Internal Operations	Eric Del Valle, Young Harris
Dick Christy, UNC Pembroke Director of Athletics	Dominic Puhalj, Mount Olive
Patti McGowan, Converse Golf Head Coach	Parker Middleton, Young Harris
Travis Chell, King Assistant AD for Athletic Communications/External Affairs	Safahr Speaks, Lees-McRae
Hunter McGee, Francis Marion Director of Facilities and Event Operations	Kylie Dobbins, Lees-McRae
Thomas Capers, Mount Olive Director of Student-Athlete Development	Sam Limehouse, Southern Wesleyan
Jack Slavin, UNC Pembroke Associate AD for Marketing & External Revenue	Sofiia Briantseva, Emmanuel
Brian Hand, Conference Carolinas Associate Commissioner for External Relations	Jake Piccirilli, UNC Pembroke
Zach Shore, Conference Carolinas Assistant Commissioner for Communications	Lisbon Lopes, Converse